Wolves

Wildlife agencies are trying to capture and relocate the first pack of wolves that formed under Colorado's ambitious wolf reintroduction program. The move comes after the animals repeatedly attacked livestock and marks an early stumble in the first year of the voter-driven reintroduction. The bid to capture them goes against Colorado's wolf management plan that was adopted last year.

According to a new study, many researchers in western national parks fail to factor in the historic impact of gray wolves. Losing the species led to big spikes in elk and deer populations, which have overgrazed entire ecosystems.

Conservationists are urging patience and warning that removing any of the 11 wolves in Colorado so early in the voter-mandated restoration could hurt the chances of success.

Outrage and fallout continues after a man brought a muzzled and leashed wolf into a bar in Sublette County in Wyoming. Hatred from both those protecting him and those condemning him has fallen on the backs of those who had nothing to do with it.

Colorado’s new wolves are drawing a big following — not without some controversy. Today on In The NoCo, KUNC’s Scott Franz discusses recent wolf milestones and tension on the Western Slope, and whether wolves might one day become a tourist attraction.

It's been several months since Colorado Parks and Wildlife released 10 gray wolves captured in Oregon with the hopes of reestablishing a population here. This week one of the wolves turned up dead in Larimer County. Federal wildlife officials are investigating but they say it appears the wolf died of natural causes. The Colorado Sun reporter Tracy Ross joined KUNC's Michael Lyle, Jr. to provide an update on the situation.

A legal analysis by regional and national animal welfare groups says Wyoming’s animal cruelty statute should apply.

Colorado's wildlife authorities say a wolf has killed a calf in Colorado. It's the first confirmed livestock kill after 10 of the predators were controversially reintroduced in December to the dismay of the state's rural residents.

At the dawn of Colorado’s wolf reintroduction project, tourism leaders in mountain towns are offering mixed views on the animals. Some are fearful or indifferent, while others are cautiously optimistic they could become an attraction.

When apex predators like wolves are removed and then reintroduced - does the ecosystem bounce back? That’s the subject of new research from Colorado State University. We look at what it could mean for Colorado, the recent site of wolf reintroduction, today on In The NoCo.